§ VISCOUNT CURZON (Bucks, Wycombe)asked the Postmaster General, Whether there are at present in the Money Order Department of the Post Office a number of established clerks of from 13 to 15 years' approved service whose maximum salary is £150 per annum, or £50 less than that of all other established clerks in the Civil Service; and, whether most of these clerks are permanently employed upon duties similar to those performed by other clerks receiving salaries nearly twice as high?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)There are still 11 clerks remaining on the old third-class of the Money Order Office, the maximum of whose scale of salary is £150; but they have not all reached it. This class used to number between 40 and 50, and is rapidly being absorbed by promotions. I have no intention of disturbing this arrangement. Some of these officers are engaged on duties of a rather higher character than the others, which is an advantage to them, as enabling them to qualify for promotion to the upper classes.